Today In Wrestling History- June 20th

2002 - 2 years after jumping to WCW with Ed Ferrara, Vince Russo returned to WWE as head television writer. He would leave the company again 3 weeks later, heading to the newly formed Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Events

In 1992, the 1st WCW Beach Blast was held at the Mobile Civic Center, in Mobile, Alabama. With an attendance of 5,000:

In 2010, the 1st WWE Fatal Four Way was held at the Nassau Veterans Memorial, in Uniondale, New York. With an attendance of 10,000:

Dark Match:
– Zack Ryder defeated MVPPPV:
– Kofi Kingston defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– Alicia Fox defeated Eve, Gail Kim, & Maryse in a Fatal Four Way Match to win the WWE Divas Title
– Evan Bourne defeated Chris Jericho
– Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Jack Swagger, CM Punk & The Big Show in a Fatal Four Way Match to win the World Heavyweight Title
– The Miz defeated R-Truth to retain the WWE United States Title
– The Hart Dynasty (DH Smith, Tyson Kidd, & Natalya) defeated The Uso Twins (Jimmy & Jey), & Tamina Snuka in a 6-person mixed tag team match
– Sheamus defeated John Cena, Randy Orton, & Edge in a Fatal Four Way Match to win the WWE Title

In 2013, TNA Impact Wrestling was live from the Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Illinois:

– Mr. Anderson defeated Joseph Park in a Bound For Glory Series Match
– Austin Aries defeated Jay Bradley in a Bound For Glory Series Match
– Christopher Daniels defeated Hernandez in a Bound For Glory Series Match
– Magnus defeated Kazarian in a Bound For Glory Series Match
– AJ Styles fought Samoa Joe to a time limit draw in a Bound For Glory Series Match
– Jeff Hardy defeated Robert Roode in a Bound For Glory Series Match

Title Changes

1977 – Bill Watts defeated Stan Hansen with Pat O’Connor as special guest referee to win the vacant TSW North American Title

1978 – Dos Caras defeats Canek for the Mexico National Light Heavyweight Title in Pachuca, Mexico

1979 – Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Twin Devils to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title

1986 – Wayne Farris defeated Bad News Allen to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta. The title would be vacated on August 29 when Farris left Stampede Wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation, where he would become known as The Honky Tonk Man.

1987 – Barry Windham defeated Black Bart in the final of a tournament to become the 1st UWF Western States Heritage Champion